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irretrievable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of irretrievable

1 not capable of being cured or reformed

an irretrievable drug addict who had wasted a once-promising life

Synonyms of irretrievable

hopeless, incorrigible, incurable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, unrecoverable, unredeemable

Words Related to irretrievable

irreparable, irreversible, uncorrectable

unencouraging, unpromising

impenitent, unreformed, unregenerate, unrepentant

Near Antonyms of irretrievable

encouraging, promising

penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry

correctable, fixable, rectifiable, repairable, reparable, salvable, salvageable

Antonyms of irretrievable

curable, reclaimable, recoverable, redeemable, reformable, remediable, retrievable, savable (or saveable)

2 not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone

this is just an irretrievable mess, so let's start all over again

Synonyms of irretrievable

irrecoverable, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable, irreversible, unrecoverable, unredeemable

Words Related to irretrievable

irreplaceable, irrevocable

Near Antonyms of irretrievable

corrected, fixed, recovered, remedied, repaired

Antonyms of irretrievable

correctable, corrigible, fixable, redeemable, remediable, repairable, reparable, retrievable, undoable

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